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LEAN CERTIFICATION

INTERNATIONAL RESELLER APPLICATION

One SME Drive | Dearborn, MI 48128 | 800.733.4763 | sme.org/leancert

Purpose Certification resellers are organizations dedicated to providing knowledge, training, certification, and workforce development throughout the world.

What is an International Reseller? Resellers MAY provide access to a variety of SME programs including membership, training, certification, and technical publications. Resellers may establish study missions to bring practitioners from around the world to programs sponsored by SME either in the US or Canada.

Training and Connectivity It is expected that resellers will offer training on various manufacturing, administration, and service topics. Training offerings should be based on the workforce development needs of the local region with the desired outcome of certification. The types of training and educational offerings that may be offered include public programs or on-site training within a company, customized to a company’s specific needs.

How is the performance of reseller measured? ► Performance is measured by reach (how many companies/candidates consume

certification) ► Breadth and depth of offerings (how much content and how many events are held in

support of certification) ► Compliance with guidelines including:

Roles and responsibilities Performance to submitted plan Legal obligations as identified in the contract

How is SME’s performance in support of the reseller measured? ► Accessibility ► Collaboration ► Communication ► Coordination ► Resource availability

All information provided in this application shall remain confidential. You will be notified within 60 days from receiving your application of its status. SME reserves the right to deny any application for any reason.

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Date of Application:

SECTION 1: Organization Information Company Name:

Address:

City/State/Province:

Postal Code/Country:

MAILING ADDRESS (if different than above) Address:

City/State/Province:

Postal Code/Country:

Contact Name:

Title:

Phone: Fax:

Email:

Website URL:

In which country(ies) is your organization headquartered?

SECTION 2: Organization Background

Which BEST describes your organization? (select up to three answers) Manufacturing and engineering

training provider Lean training/consulting provider College/institute/school/university Non-profit (specify)

SME chapter Corporate training provider Government agency Other (specify)


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What types of training formats do you provide? (select all that apply) Classroom lecture Hands on training Web-based real-time instruction Web-based on-demand training

(asynchronous instruction) Blended learning (classroom and

distance/web-based learning)

Video conference Interactive CD-ROM Teleconference Video/DVD Books Technical papers Other

What types of companies do you work with in your region? (please include a sample list of companies with your application and describe your extent of involvement)

In 250 words or less, please describe your organization and the services you provide:


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SECTION 3: Supporting Documentation Please provide the following documentation with this application to become a certification reseller.

A3 PDCA Plan Using a Plan-Do-Check-Act/Adjust format, please provide a plan using the A3 form for introducing, marketing, supporting, etc., certification within your local region at a summary level (executive summary). Please include supporting documentation for the following with or within your A3/application:

► Mission statement ► Organization governance and leadership (organization chart and biographies of top

executives) ► Articles of incorporation and/or business charter ► Number of years of business ► Organization budget and finance that includes Financial statements for previous three

years ► Business and marketing plan for Lean Certification introduction and growth:

Sales budget/plan for certification sales for next three years. Include anticipated revenues, marketing, and administrative expenses

Indicate rationale/supporting evidence for budget/plan Preliminary tactical marketing plan for program promotion Preliminary plan for supporting materials and training you plan to offer in support

of the certification program

Number of participants you anticipate in certification programs for the next five years:

Year 1 Participants

Year 2 Participants

Year 3 Participants

Year 4 Participants

Year 5 Participants


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SECTION 4: Organization Areas of Expertise Please indicate the languages in which your organization is currently delivering and/or may have expertise in translating training programs or products based on the standards established by the American Translators Association:

DELIVERING TRANSLATING LANGUAGE TRAINING OTHER PRODUCTS English Arabic Brazilian Portuguese Cantonese French German Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Chinese North American Spanish Other Spanish Polish Russian Other (specify)

Please indicate the markets where you are currently delivering training programs and products: USA Australia Brazil Canada Central America* China France Germany

India Italy Japan Korea Mexico Middle East* Netherlands Poland

Russia Spain Taiwan Turkey Other Europe* Other Asia* Other South America* Other Africa*

*Specify countries checked above:


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Which of the following industries does your organization serve? (select all that apply) Aerospace Automotive Chemical process Communication Electronics and electrical component

manufacturing Consulting Defense Education: college/university Education: K-12 Environmental services Heavy equipment/machinery Financial services Forming and fabricating

Global/international business operations

Government Industrial/commercial machinery Medical device manufacturing Motorsports/racing Non-profit Oil and gas Pharmaceutical Software Transportation equipment TV/Film Production Other manufacturing (specify)

SECTION 5: Organization Training Capabilities Indicate the areas/courses in which your organization has expertise AND resources to provide training and education.

Advanced product quality planning (APQP)

Applied and engineering sciences Assembly Automated systems and controls Capability analysis (process,

equipment, etc.) CMMS Coil slitting Composites: introduction and

fundamentals Composites: joining and bonding Composites: repair of advanced

composite structures Composites: tooling for composites Computer numerical control (CNC)

fundamentals Concurrent engineering Customer and field service Customer focus (research, test,

satisfaction) Design of experiments (DOE) Electrical/electronics manufacturing

Equipment/tool design and development

Factor analysis (DOE, correlation, etc.) Failure mode and effects analysis

(FMEA) Forming and fabricating Fundamentals of industrial engineering Fundamentals of manufacturing Geometric dimensioning and

tolerancing (GD&T) Global supply chain management High speed, high power machining Innovation and creativity (idea

generation and acceptance) Inspection, test, validation Joining and welding Laser cutting Manufacturing, engineering,

engineering management Manufacturing management Manufacturing processes applications

and operation Material properties and applications Material removal


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Measurement, inspection, and gaging Metallurgy Metalworking fluids Metrology Metrology Modern grinding technology Negotiating and conflict management

(persuasion, conflict resolution) Precision machine design Product and process design and

development Production system design and

development (e.g. plant layout, process planning, capacity planning, environmental protection, etc.)

Project management Quality management systems Quality systems and standards

(QS/ISO/etc.) Rapid and accurate cost estimating

and quoting Rapid prototyping Stamping and dies Statistical control methods (sampling,

charting, etc.) Strategic planning Tolerance stack-up analysis Other manufacturing topics (specify)

Lean-Related Continuous process improvement,

Kaizen Design for X/lifecycle (manufacture,

automation, assembly, recycling, etc.) Environmental and Safety Systems Ergonomics/workplace analysis Error proofing (poke-yoke) Ethics and social responsibility Five S Hoshin planning and deployment Lean in manufacturing Lean in service industries Lean leadership Lean metrics Lean product development Lean within administration/support

operations Lean within supply chain Load leveling (Heijunka) Mistake proofing (poka-yoke) Planning manufacturing cells Problem solving methods and tools

Product lifecycle management/lifecycle engineering

Pull systems (Kanban System) Quality at the source Quality function deployment (QFD) Quick change (setup time reduction) Quick changeover/setup reduction Root cause analysis Six Sigma Standard work Statistical process control (SPC) Sustainability (lean to green) Top management briefings: continuous

improvement Total productive/preventative

maintenance (TPM) Value analysis/value engineering Value stream mapping Visual workplace Waste concepts and identification Other lean topics (specify)


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SECTION 6: Other Affiliations Indicate other organizations for which you are a service provider or reseller (e.g. other non-profits, trade associations, professional societies, etc.) AND indicate the services you provide and/or products you resell.

I certify the veracity of all statements and other information contained within or in conjunction with this application as the prospective principal reseller contact for my organization. Signature Full Name: Title: Date:


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